Fitness Classes
To register online, click here. Or you may register at the front desk of the Community Center or by calling 740-592-3325.
Drop-ins are available: $10 per class
If you are interested in teaching a fitness class, please contact Erin Helms for more information at ehelms@ci.athens.oh.us or call 740-592-3325.
This class will introduce beginners to the basics of Shotokan karate and deepen the practice of intermediate and advanced students. Emphasizes building focus, strength, and self-defense skills.
Dates: April 4 - May 25
Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Members—$50; Non-member—$65; Drop-in - $10 per class
This class is perfect for blasting calories with short bursts of cardio followed by strength moves using body weight exercises mixed with targeted weight training. A great class for people of all fitness levels and abilities. Every week, we change it up to keep you and your muscles pushing through boundaries and reaching new heights. We promise there’s something for everyone in every class!
Dates: April 5 - May 26 (No class April 7)
Times: Wednesdays & Fridays 6:30am to 7:30am in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$50, Nonmember-$65, Drop-in Class-$10 per class
This class seeks to balance the practioner’s mind and body through deepening body awareness in yoga poses. Ideal for people with previous experience in basic poses.
Dates: April 6 - May 24
Times: Wednesdays 8:30am-10:00am in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$50; Non-member-$65; Drop-in Class-$10
For mid-life and older beginners, this class offers an ideal low impact, invigorating way to keep the body supple, and the mind relaxed and focused.
Dates: April 14 - May 26
Times: Fridays 10:15am-11:15am in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 50+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55; Drop-in Class-$10
Explore the details of breath and alignment as you hold poses in this slower paced flow class. Be ready for a variety of stretching, strengthening and restorative poses.
Dates: April 3 - May 22
Times: Mondays 5:30pm-6:30pm in Room A
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55; Drop-in Class-$10
Zumba is a fitness program that involves cardio and Latin-inspired dance. This dance class features high and low intensity intervals that help improve cardiovascular fitness while also enhancing balance, coordination, agility, and to some degree, strength through the application of beginner accessible choreography. Zumba targets lots of different muscle groups at once for total body toning. Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.
Dates: April 8 - May 27
Times: Saturdays 11:00am—12:00pm in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55, Drop-in Class-$10
Strong Nation is a full body workout that incorporates muscle condition cardio, HIIT, plyometric training and martial arts elements. Every lunch, every squat, every push-up, every move is perfectly synced to music making the workout more efficient.
Dates: April 7 - May 26
Times: Fridays 5:30-6:30pm in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55, Drop-in Class-$10
This course will teach you the traditional 108 movements Yang Style as taught Yang Ching Fu. This meditative exercise promotes relaxation, leg strength, and balance.
Dates: April 8 - May 27
Times: Saturdays 9:00a-10:30a in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$30, Nonmember-$45, Drop-in Class-$10
Blast your calories with this fun fitness class that mixes ballroom, Latin, line dancing, and commercial pop moves. Develop your balance, build endurance, and boost your cardiovascular health in just 45 minutes. You'll have so much fun, you'll forget that you're working out! Absolutely no dance experience necessary!
Dates: April 3 - May 22 (No class April 10)
Times: Mondays 6:30p - 7:30p in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55, Drop-in - $10 per class
Sweat, Work, Twerk - The world's best hip-hop cardio fitness workout! our booty poppin, glute focused dance moves will change your routine for fitness.
Dates: April 6 - May 25
Times: Thursdays 5:30p - 6:30p in the Exercise Studio
Ages: 16+
Fee: Member-$40, Nonmember-$55, Drop-in - $10 per class
A higher intensity dance workout class that improves cardio endurance and burns calories. MOVE is all about breaking a sweat and having fun. The class focuses on cardio endurance by starting with simple dance moves then building into more complex sequences, bringing you a great cardio workout.
There is no cost for this class but participants must register and sign in with a valid SilverSneakers membership at the front desk each day they attend class.
Dates: April 14 - May 26
Times: Fridays 9:15a-10:00a in the Exercise Studio
Requirements: SilverSneakers membership*
Fee: FREE
*SilverSneakers participants are eligible for a free membership at the Athens Community Center. For assistance checking eligibility or to register your membership, please stop by the front desk.
SilverSneakers BOOM Move (Gentle)
A gentler version of the original Boom Move dance fitness class.
Dates: April 18 - May 23
Times: Tuesdays 11:00a - 12:00p in the Exercise Studio
Requirements: SilverSneakers membership*
Fee: FREE
*SilverSneakers participants are eligible for a free membership at the Athens Community Center. For assistance checking eligibility or to register your membership, please stop by the front desk.
Age: 55+
Dates: March 30 - June 1 (No Class April 27)
Times: 1:00pm - 2:30pm in the Exercise Studio
Fee: FREE
This is an 8-week creative movement class for ages 55+. No experience is required.
Join us in exploring movement concepts within the framework of the four seasons. We will take inspiration from spring, summer, fall, and winter, as we learn and practice the principles of space, time, and energy. As we improve our physical capacities (including agility, strength, flexibility, and balance), we will also explore abstraction in movement. Together, we will compose short movement studies inspired by characteristics of each season. Our class will culminate in an informal showing of our work to share with family, friends, and community members. A course outline and list of terms will be provided. Journaling and homework/exercises are suggested, optional elements that will enhance learning.
This class is taught by Lisa Ford Moulton. Lisa Ford Moulton resides in Athens, OH. She received a BA in Modern Dance from Brigham Young University and a MFA in Choreography from the University of Utah. She was a member of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City and worked with other professional dance companies before joining the faculty at Ohio University in 1995. Lisa was an Associate Professor of Dance until 2004. She continues her relationship with Ohio University as a guest artist and adjunct faculty member.
Lisa’s choreography has been performed both nationally and internationally by various companies and at notable festivals. In 2004, Ms. Moulton was commissioned to create Turning Two Hundred, an evening-length work to commemorate Ohio University’s 200th birthday. Among other honors, she has received two Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Awards and the Ohioana Citation for Dance. In 2015, Lisa received the Honored Alumni Award from the Department of Dance at Brigham Young University and was the Dee R. Winterton Lecture Series speaker.
Lisa has been a Very Special Arts Ohio Teaching Artist at two multi-handicapped schools. She served as Choreographer/Associate Director at The Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra, NY, from 2006-2021, where she worked with dancers of all levels and ages. She has been teaching Adult Modern Technique classes at Factory Street Studio in Athens, OH, since 2009. Lisa is a Teaching Artist with the Ohio Creative Aging Initiative through the Ohio Arts Council.